contour
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(verb) form the contours of |
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Related Words: delineate, limn, outline, streamline |
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2. |
(noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height |
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Synonyms: contour line |
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Related Words: line, thalweg |
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(noun) any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke" |
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Synonyms: configuration, form, shape |
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Related Words: angularity, bluntness, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, crookedness, curvature, curve, dullness, dulness, keenness, lobularity, narrowing, roundness, sharpness, spatial property, spatiality, straightness, topography |
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